Maybe try going beyond just books??
Read all sorts of literature from all sorts of genres, read comics, thumb through some manga, maybe read up on some fanficiton.
But that's not all you can do!!
What's your favorite video game? TV show? Movie? Think about them. Their settings, their environments, the way the characters/actors talk and move. What makes them different from each other, story wise? What makes them engaging to you? If you were to describe it on paper, how would you?
Inspiration can come from anywhere, not just other written media. Maybe it's worth a shot looking at those to see how you could work it into your own writing?
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